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Tomás Mac Giolla (Irish pronunciation: [ˈt̪ˠʊmˠaːsˠ mˠək ˈɟɪl̪ˠə]; born Thomas Gill; 25 January 1924 – 4 February 2010) was an Irish Workers' Party politician who served as Lord Mayor of Dublin from 1993 to 1994, Leader of the Workers' Party from 1962 to 1988 and President of Sinn Féin from 1962 to 1970.
The public face of Sinn Féin during the 1960s, Mac Giolla was an Irish speaker and practising catholic, a heavy smoker, but teetotaler, who contemporaries noted bore a 'marked physical resemblance' to a 'younger Eamon de Valera' ( Ir. Times, 23 June 1969). He was also a member of the IRA's army council.
4 de ene. de 2024 · Tomás Mac Giolla, who was born 100 years ago on January 24th, was well known in Irish political life in the 1980s and 1990s, but his involvement goes back long before that and he played a central...
6 de feb. de 2010 · Tomás Mac Giolla: TOMÁS MAC GIOLLA was a former TD and Dublin lord mayor who led a significant section of the republican movement into parliamentary politics. As president of Sinn...
5 de feb. de 2010 · TRIBUTES HAVE been paid to Tomás Mac Giolla, former president of the Workers Party and a leading figure in republican and left-wing politics for more than 50 years, who died yesterday at...
Tomás Mac Giolla (Pronunciación irlandesa: [ˈt̪ˠʊmˠaːsˠ mˠək ˈɟɪl̪ˠə]; nacido Thomas Gill; 25 de enero de 1924 – 4 de febrero de 2010) fue un trabajador irlandés. Político del partido que se desempeñó como alcalde de Dublín de 1993 a 1994, líder del Partido de los Trabajadores.
30 de ene. de 2024 · Commentary and PDF of Tomás Mac Giolla: Republican, Socialist, Internationalist, published by The Workers' Party.
